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"Preserving the Historical Past for the Future".
The Middlecreek Valley Antique Association will be holding their 16th Annual Spring Antique Machinery Show featuring antique tractors, engines and other related farm equipment, truck and tractor pulls, tractor square dancing, equipment demonstrations, flea market and craft vendors and lots of good food, and free entertainment.

Free parking, free admission.

Sunday, 20 May, 2012

10 : 00 AM - 5 : 00 PM Mt. Vernon, Illinois

Annual Iris Walk

At peak bloom, the Iris Farm is expecting acres of flowers at their new location just 2 miles west of Wayne City on Route 15. Photographers, day-trippers, weekenders and families are all welcome. When it's closer to bloom time, a peak bloom report will be recorded on the phone's answering service.

Sunday, 20 May, 2012

Full Day Event. Buckhannon, West Virginia

WV State Strawberry Festival

The Festival is a unique, traditional celebration to promote the strawberry harvest.

Enthusiastic volunteers provide good, family style entertainment that offers exciting educational and cultural events for everyone.

Children and adults alike will enjoy the fun and thrills of the carnival. Take a stroll through the arts and craft exhibits, quilt show, photography show, or the souvenir shop. Enjoy the variety of Jaw Bone Park and Courthouse entertainment or stop by the band competition, car show, strawberry auction, or your favorite sporting event. You won't want to miss the huge block parties of entertainment on Main Street on Friday and Saturday nights.

Come join us and you'll discover that there is no better way to begin your summer!

Visit : www.wvstrawberryfestival.com for more information.

Sunday, 20 May, 2012

Full Day Event. Lewis County, West Virginia

Historic, Paranormal, Photo Tours and Ghost Hunts

Tour a Living Monument~ the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is located in Weston, WV. Formerly known as the Weston State Hospital, this West Virginia facility served as a sanctuary for the mentally ill in the mid-1800’s. The history of the building holds fascinating stories of Civil War raids, a gold robbery, the "curative" effects of architecture, and the efforts of determined individuals to help better the lives of the mentally ill. Tour this nationally recognized landmark and see how it left a lasting impression on local and national history. Daily heritage tours are available for both small and large groups.The Asylum has had apparition sightings, unexplainable voices and sounds, and other paranormal activity reported in the past by guests, staff, SyFy's Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy and the Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures. Step back in time and see how the mentally insane lived, and died, within these walls. Schedule a ghost haunt or tour...

Thousands have been committed to the asylum over the years, and hundreds unfortunately died here. Decide for yourself if they’re still occupying the historic wards and treatment rooms.